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  1. boudreaux

    Your thoughts on Mac Baren's Symphony

    Long ago, when I was first starting pipe smoking, I remember trying all sorts of tobaccos - aros and non-aros. Remember Royal Yacht, Amphora, Captain Black White, Sail, etc., but one seems to stand out in my memory that I have yet to try again, now that I'm revisiting the pipe - Mac Baren's...
  2. boudreaux

    Updates for The Observer

    The Observer, a short story for your entertainment, will be posted in a blog. I will post one chapter per week and notify you in this thread as chapters are posted. If you wish to read at a faster pace, please PM me and we can make arrangements. You can see Chapter 1 now by going to: The Observer
  3. boudreaux

    Dove Right Into Double Edge Shaving Redux

    As of tomorrow morn, if everything goes according to plan, I will become an official new member of the DE razor shave club. New Merkur 38C coming. Already bought a silvertip badger brush and a couple of nice shaving soaps/cream - Ogalalla Bay Rum and Taylor Old Bond Street. Just ordered some...
  4. boudreaux

    Four Aromatics: My First Impressions

    Please bear in mind that my reviews are not based on wide variety of experience. With that in mind, I provide my comments on a first sampling of four aros I recently purchased from (Pipeworks & Wilke I packed each bowl straight out of the plastic baggie - no pre-drying, just to see what the...
  5. boudreaux

    What Would Be a Good Price?

    What might be a reasonable price for a 1995 Dunhill billiard root briar? Wrestling with the "Is it really worth it?" question here, or is it that I just feel compelled to own one, based on Dunhill plaudits from many members here? Not crazy any more about going the eBay route. Was lucky in my...
  6. boudreaux

    Now that I've Been a Member of Pipes Magazine Forums...

    I find that I need a few things. Call them new man-toys if you will, but here are the "new necessities" I've discovered that are on the list: 1. Endless pipes, especially a Dunhill, whether it actually smokes well or not. Gotta have a stem with a white spot on it. 2. Even more endless...
  7. boudreaux

    Perfect Autumn Day

    Had a really nice day out today. Son #1 and wife and two grandsons were over for a short visit from Stockholm. We met for lunch. Sunny, calm, about 58 degrees. Arrived back home to see a brood of eleven wild turkeys grazing on front lawn. Saw first "trolling" six-point buck out back...
  8. boudreaux

    Aro Sampler Order

    Just had a nice chat with Carole Burns of Pipeworks & Wilke. Wanted to sample some more of her blends, that I've found to all be excellent so far. Ordered the following: Mettowee Wilke's Cherry Cavendish Wilke's Vermont Maple Cavendish Wilke's #515 Since the last was the original basis for...
  9. boudreaux

    Did The Codgers Really Have it Right?

    I've been reading and sampling many tobaccos and am thinking - Did our elders really have it right when they had, at most 1-2 pipes and 1-2 tobaccos that they smoked? Although some of us have no worries about expense limits when it comes to buying tobaccos and pipes, I often consider that it...
  10. boudreaux

    Dunhill Navy Flake Sale at P&C

    Buy 3, get one free. Other offers as well.
  11. boudreaux

    Interesting Note on Two Aros

    Sampled some Dan's Blue Note and some McClelland Mellow Mack recently in half bowl amounts using the same pipe. Smoked Blue Note first. Wonderfully different and somewhat exotic hints of room note, but wow - had to barely sip, because I could sense a big bite coming. Next sampled Mellow Mack...
  12. boudreaux

    Pipe Ashtray and Pipe Rest Home Remedy?

    Received my tins and bags of assorted aros to sample from SP today. Pipe rest feature of ashtray is a disappointment, because no pipe, including a straight billiard will stay upright in it - tilts to side. Suggestions for home remedies to fix this? The one I used to have 35-40 years ago looked...
  13. boudreaux

    Any Marshall Univ. Grads or Students Here?

    If interested, there's going to be a nice golf outing near Marshall on September 6. Will include luncheon and dinner as well. It's to raise money for an endowment at Marshall that was started by relatives of one of the team members who died in the 1970 fatal plane crash that killed everyone on...
  14. boudreaux

    In a Weak Moment...

    I decided that even though I probably have jars of tobacco that may take me 20 years to finish at the rate I smoke, I just had to try a few more, so I am awaiting: Dan's Blue Note Mac Baren Vanilla Cream Flake Lane 1Q McClelland Mellow Mack and a generic ash tray with a pipe rest. :puffy:
  15. boudreaux

    Pipe Ashtray w/Rest Suggestions?

    I don't have an ashtray in the house and have been using a washed out cat food tin. Looking for good suggestion for a pipe ashtray with built-in pipe rest. Have looked at offerings on SP while putting together a blend order for ones that I have yet to try, but not sure if any of the offerings...
  16. boudreaux

    E.A. Carey 25% Off Sale on Tins

    E.A. Carey's is currently having a 25% sale on tins, including many brands popular on here.
  17. boudreaux

    Carter Hall Mixing Proportions... and Questions

    Okay, got lucky and found a pharmacy that had small pouches of CH. Took a small pinch and smoked it in an old Pete and while I found it somewhat nondescript, I can understand why many members use some to tone down their more expensive blends. So, first question - What's a good mixture to use as...
  18. boudreaux

    What's this Forum Like Around the Holiday Season?

    For me, I think it will be loads of fun, but you'd have to know more about me to understand why. I am looking forward to MORE CHEER and more enjoyment of my pipe smoking. I tend to think that I am season-oriented about a lot of things, and summer was never a favorite of mine, but as the...
  19. boudreaux

    Piping Hot Limericks

    AnthonyRosenthal's "Pipe Poems" gave me the idea for this. A bit of restrained ribaldry is often a feature of limericks. Join in if you like, and don't worry about the technicalities of form - it's all in fun! Here's a starter: A happy old pipester named Thad Announced to his wife a new TAD...
  20. boudreaux

    Mac Baren Vanilla Cream Flake and Mac Baren Vanilla Flake

    I read the thread and rave reviews about Mac B Vanilla Cream blend and saw that members preferred the flake blend. Decided to investigate. I see that Mac Baren has two similar tobaccos - Vanilla Flake and Vanilla Cream Flake listed on SP site. Can anyone tell me the difference? (besides the...
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